Legal Opinion
United States v. James Oliver Hocking
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 1988No. 88-1087PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
James Hocking appeals from his convictions on one count of racketeering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1978)) and one count of extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951-1955 (1986)).
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In April 1986, James Hocking was employed as a Pre-qualification Financial Analyst with the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) assigned to the task of “pre-qualifying” contractors who wished to bid on road construction contracts let by the IDOT.…
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